Articles tagged with: Board Games

Once again Ronan and Sean climb out of the pit to go in search of future gaming gold.
In this first half of the treasure hunt they look at 12 games that have caught their eye for one reason or another and then try to work out if the game will be a treasure or a trap.

THE GAME PIT: EPISODE 24.1 – TREASURE HUNT

The Game Pit will be hosting some sessions at Loncon 3 in August so if you’re heading there, sign up for the Games Klatches and visit the gaming …

Belfort is a worker placement game from Tasty Minstrel Games where players are competing with one another to build the city of Belfort. The city is divided into five different districts and each district already has a set layout on what needs to be built.

It’s time once again for a Critical Strike, which means a small set of 3 micro-reviews, of table top games. In this episode, we are taking a look at Dino Hunt Dice (from Steve Jackson Games),Boomtown Tycoon (from Ian Brodie and The Game Crafter) andCthulhu Gloom (from Atlas Games)!
Dino Hunt Dice is a “press your luck” style dice game, very similar to Zombie Dice, where your goal is to capture dinosaurs for your zoo before being “stomped”. Meanwhile Bomtown Tycoon and Cthulhu Gloom are card based, albeit it completely different from each other. In Boomtown Tycoon, you’ll …

It is time to take to the open seas in search of exotic spices and bountiful fishing schools, but beware land lovers pirates lurk in these waters! Catan: Explorers and Pirates is an expansion pack for Settlers of Catan and offers three new unique game mechanics designed to break up the old Catan experience and bring users a fresh perspective on the game. Victory points are gained by successfully gathering Spice, Fishing, and invading Pirate Lairs (YARR!).

Quartifacts is the latest expansion for Quarriors from Wizkids and brings a new mechanic, called Questing to the gameplay. The story goes that powerful Quartifacts like the Holy Quail, are lost and you and your brave quarries, which you’ll be capturing from the wilds, are questing for them. Will you achieve your goal and gain glory or will you be thwarted by a challenger to your brave questing party? More importantly, is this a good addition or a bad addition to a game that is already a highly dividing game.

Fleet Admiral is a card game where each player takes on the roll of the captain of a star ship. Set in the theme of Portable Galactic Empire, each player’s captain is represented by one of the races from the Fate, Politics and Heritage expansion set.

It’s rare that a game is both challenging in style and also in its ability to be reviewed, but Fantasy Flight Games and Michael Menzel have thrown down that gauntlet with the recent release of Legends of Andor.

As any good gamer knows, there’s a point where one type of game can get saturated on the market. Currently, everyone and their brother (and their brothers!) has a deck building game. Dominion launched a craze, and everyone is getting in on the fun. While most are fun, quantity doesn’t always equate to quality.

“It’s like a B-Movie!” – Tim Norris, Grey Elephant Gaming
That was one of the funniest, and yet appropriate ways, I’ve heard Zombicide described to me going into this Critical Review. I unfortunately was under a gigantic boulder of a rock last year and didn’t pledge into the Zombicide Kickstarter from Cool Mini or Not andGuillotine Games. However, have no fear, as our Friendly Local Game Store, Dragon’s Lair in Austin, has provided us a copy of the base game to provide a review for you, the Critical Fans!
Zombicide is everything you …